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Although, in its present more moderate form, it is limited to payment by existing greenbacks, yet it has the same radical injustice.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He critiques the limited payment methods proposed, asserting they still embody fundamental injustices.

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